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s w r

29 lemmas · 8 languages
hollow (II-weak)Middle consonant is w or y. The vowel contracts in the perfect (q-w-l → qāla 'said'), producing a 'hollow' surface. Known as mediae infirmae.T Exod.3.4
Themes:syrian·7syria·5country·5west·4asia·4
POS shape:noun·11name·7verb·6adj·4intj·1

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*s-w-rProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianšawirums w rring, torque
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewסָרס ו רto turn, to turn aside
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicסוריאס ו רSyria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Syriacܣܘܪܝܐܣ ܘ ܪSyria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Assyrian NAܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐܣ ܘ ܪSyria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Turoyoܣܘܪܓܕܐܣ ܘ ܪcalendar
Arabic
Arabicسُورَةس و رsura, surah
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአስዋርሰ ወ ረplural of ሶር (sor)

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Akkadian

akk · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 1 lemma
  • nameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Classical Syriac

syc · 3 lemmas
  • sūrīānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    From Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”). Doublet of ܐܬܘܪ.
  • sūrāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
  • suryāyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Syriac, Syrian
    From ܣܘܪܝܐ (swriyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-yā, the attributive adjective ending). The standard form itself is first attested in the writings of Philoxenus of Mabbug in the 5th-6th century. The alternative form ܣܘܪܝܐ is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the variants assūrāyu…

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 7 lemmas
  • sūrīyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    From Aramaic סוּרִיָא (sūrīyā), borrowed from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), ultimately derived from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”). Doublet of ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšōr) and ܐܵܬܘܿܪ (ātōr).
    2 derivations
  • surrāyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Assyrian, Syriac: A person of Assyrian descent
    Debated:
  • surrāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Assyrian, Syriac
    Debated:
  • sūrāˀīṯnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syriac, Assyrian, Suret, Surayt, any of the Aramaic dialects spoken by ethnic Assyrians
    From ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian”) + -ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-īṯ, the language suffix). Compare Classical Syriac ܣܘܪܝܐܝܬ (suryāʾīṯ) and Turoyo ܣܘܪܰܝܬ (surayt).
  • suryāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syrian (of, from, or pertaining to the Syrian Arab Republic)
    From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending), neologism recomposed identical to the original standard form to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac; Christian”), which is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the…
  • suryāyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Syrian (person from the Syrian Arab Republic or of Syrian descent)
    From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending), neologism recomposed identical to the original standard form to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac; Christian”), which is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the…
  • sūrīnāmnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Suriname (a country in South America)
    Internationalism.

Hebrew

he · 7 lemmas
  • sarverbattestedT Exod.3.4Wiktionary ↗
    to turn, to turn aside
  • hesirverbattestedT Josh.11.15Wiktionary ↗
    to remove
  • hasaranounattestedT 2Sam.3.26Wiktionary ↗
    removal
  • súriadjinferredT Jer.2.21Wiktionary ↗
    Syrian: of, from, or pertaining to Syria.
  • sóriintjinferredT Jer.2.21Wiktionary ↗
    excuse me, sorry
    From English sorry.
  • masoránouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Masorah
  • súryanameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    1 derivation

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • sūranounattested☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
    sura, surah
    Assigned to the root س و ر (s w r). It is not clear from which word it was borrowed, it might be from Classical Syriac ܫܘܽܪܳܐ (šūrā, “wall; also figuratively for any divider”), compare سُور (sūr, “wall”) from the same word, or from Classical Syriac ܣܽܘܪܓܳܕܳܐ (sūrgāḏā, “line; writing”), or from Hebrew סִדְרָה (siḏrā,…
  • sawranounattested☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
    severity, vehemence, sharpness
  • sirtuverbinferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
  • sarratverbinferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
  • Sirtnameinferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
    Sirte (a city in Libya)
  • sirnaverbinferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
  • sūrnouninferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
    wall that encloses and protects a building
    Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, “walls”) and Tigre ሶር (sor, “partition wall”) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.
  • sawwaraverbinferred☪︎ Q.2:23Wiktionary ↗
    to enclose with a wall or fences
    Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, “walls”) and Tigre ሶር (sor, “partition wall”) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma

Turoyo

tru · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with s-w-r

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